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Sunday, August 28, 2011

By NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro

“Though
more Americans see the economy in bad shape than did at the beginning
of the summer, their views of whether to re-elect President Barack Obama
have barely changed - and a majority blame George Bush for the
problems, a new [AP/GFK] poll says,” Politico writes.
“Despite
the perception of a weakening recovery, there has been no significant
change in the number of people who say he deserves re-election: 47
percent as opposed to 48 percent two months ago. That's a statistical
dead heat with those who favor a change in the White House,” AP
writes. “And more Americans still blame former President George W. Bush
rather than Obama for the economic distress. Some 31 percent put the
bulk of the blame on Obama, while 51 percent point to his Republican
predecessor. … Obama also fares better than Congress in the blame
department. Some 44 percent put "a lot" or "most" of the blame on
Republicans while 36 percent point to congressional Democrats.”
More:
“More than 6 in 10 — 63 percent — disapprove of Obama's handling of the
economy. Nearly half, or 48 percent, "strongly" disapproved. Approval
of his economic performance now stands at just 36 percent, his worst
approval rating on the issue in AP-GfK polling.”
“When President
Obama took his first trip to Martha’s Vineyard after taking office, the
excitement among locals here was palpable, from the signs of support
strung across shop windows and front porches to a full-page newspaper ad
taken out by 125 Vineyard grandmothers in support of his health care
plan,” the Boston Globe
reports. “This week, with the jobless rate stuck above 9 percent and
the president’s nationwide approval rating at its lowest level, the
Vineyard’s broad allegiance shows cracks, leaving some islanders with a
more textured, even tormented feeling about the president.”
“Following
days of intense criticism from conservatives, Vice President Joe Biden
is backing down from what was interpreted as a strange, if unintended,
defense of China's one-child policy,” the New York Daily News
reports. “The White House issued a clarification late Tuesday,
insisting Biden believes such practices are ‘repugnant.’ Biden
spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff told AFP in a statement that, ‘The Obama
administration strongly opposes all aspects of China's coercive
birth-limitation policies, including forced abortion and sterilization,’
adding Biden ‘pointed out, in China, that the policy is, as a practical
matter, unsustainable. He was arguing against the one-child policy to a
Chinese audience.’”